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It’s hard to believe that I have reviewed over 50 volumes of Megami Magazine, but here we are at volume 150 (November 2012). The cover page features Nanoha and Milhi, which actually works well since both of them have the same character design style. The lettering on the title is gold this time to celebrate the 150th volume. There are a few nice extras in this volume, but lets go through the pin-up posters first. Any posters exceeding a certain ecchi threshold can be viewed by clicking on the links.

As much as I like Lisara’s character design from Dakara Boku wa H ga Dekinai, I wish Megami would put in some action posters of her rather than panty shots.

Despite the simplistic design of this poster, it’s actually quite cute. Part of the reason may be because Yuru Yuri looks relatively innocent compared to other anime.

This is probably the brightest poster in the volume with Rin enjoying a sunny afternoon with some cats. I’m pretty sure Kud was included in the background to appease more fans.

This poster isn’t as elaborate as the previous Star Plus One posters, but it still looks nice and has relatively well-done details and colouring. The only complaint I have is that the water doesn’t seem to refract.

While this type of poster is as plain as Megami ever gets it actually seems dynamic because of Nanoha and Milhi’s vivid costumes and that glowy thing they’re holding.

I really don’t have anything to say about this one.

This poster of Chie from Joshikousei Chie no Shachou Nikki is cute but rather plain. I think it would’ve looked nicer with her jumping down from somewhere.

I’m not a big fan of this particular art style, but I have to admit that it does have a certain appeal to it. This illustration was done by Chikaoka Sunao.

The Girl’s Avenue featured artist in this volume is Abeno Chako. She is a member of the Kappa Kurieito circle and has illustrated various manga series. Some of her works include Sola, White Album, and Dantalian no Shoka. You can find more of her works on her website: http://www.lifox.co.jp/abeno_chaco/. As for the illustration that is featured here, I think it portrays Chako’s skill with colours and shading. While the maid is partially in a shadow, her clothing still looks bright and vivid. The plant and the yellow leaves also help to focus attention on the character.

I think the funny thing about this poster is that there is an identical illustration of the OniAi characters with their school uniforms on.

At first glance this poster looks pretty simple, but it actually has quite a bit of detail in it. I think the use of too many straight lines detracts from the overall look.

I’ve never seen anyone dust off a cookie before, but I guess that’s just what Busou Shinki do.

I haven’t been too impressed with the Jinrui wa Suitai Shimashita posters that have been appearing in Megami Magazine lately, but this one makes up for it with a heartwarming scene and the fairies still playing around.

As much as I like the battle costumes of the girls from Nanoha, the casual clothes they’re wearing here look nice too. Normally I’d cringe at the white background but it actually works well in not distracting you from the main subjects.

Also included in the magazine was a collage of screenshots from Nanoha’s 2nd movie transformation.

Of course, you can’t have Nanoha without Fate. Both of them look cool.

Most of the series mentioned in this volume’s Anime Character Catch Up have already started airing, but there are still a few titles to look forward to, like Prism Nana, and the next season of Hayate no Gotoku.

Included in this volume was a few pages dedicated to the mobile game Star Plus One. There is also a freebie for people who play the game.

One of the more interesting items featured in the pages of this magazine was Dengeki’s 20th Anniversary Heroine collection. It includes 20 different figurines of female anime characters from various series.

The back of the magazine has a cute, but also somewhat scary Puchimas ad.

As part of the celebration for reaching 150 volumes, Megami Magazine included a special extra: a deck of panty cards.

Now you can play your favourite game of poker and enjoy some eye candy at the same time.

These cards are made out of a soft cardboard so you may not want to be too rough on them.

So how many undies can you identify?

Also included as an extra was this Nanoha visual collection booklet.

Unfortunately, this booklet was only limited to 4 images, rather dismal in my opinion.

On to the large poster, naturally, the first side has Nanoha again. This time she has Fate and Hayate with her posing by the pool.

On the reverse side is Becky from Dog Days in the middle of her transformation.

Megami Magazine seems to have tilted towards the cute side with this volume, which is great for people who do prefer cute illustrations. There was also a larger focus placed on Nanoha so fans would likely enjoy this volume. Given that volume 150 is a big milestone, it was nice to get a few little extras in the form of playing cards and a new Nanoha visual collection. My favourite posters this time were the Kono Naka ni Hitori Imouto ga Iru poster, the Little Busters poster, and the Nanoha poster of them in casual clothing. Overall this was a pretty good volume.

I’m guessing you have to cut out the playing cards yourself? Wow, that’s… cheap of Megami. Though I had to cut out the DVD cover that came with the BRS DVD so it’s probably not unusual for Megami to cut corners like that.

What’s the point of even including a visual booklet if it’s only four pages long? The posters in this issue are nicer than past issues but the extras aren’t that great, which is disappointing for a special milestone issue.Ari recently posted..Shin Sekai Yori Episode 23

There are actually perforations in those sheets so that you can tear out the cards without having to cut them. I have to agree with you on the visual booklet though, I was disappointed that they only included 4 images in it. Some of the regular Megami volumes have included much larger booklets.

I thought you reviewed all 150 XD
But 50 is also an impressive number.

I really like the To Love-ru poster, even though I completely ignored the latest season of it, appears like an even bigger ecchhi bomb.

Girls and Panzer is one of the better girls with military weapons anime and it’s really entertaining without much use of fanservice. They created a nice story and delivered some nice infos about historic tanks. Well, I like tanks in general, so this show hits my spots.

Ahaha pantsu cards, awesome!

From the booklet the picture of Nanoha and Fate sitting on the beach together is adorable^^

Haha, I haven’t been blogging long enough to review all 150, that’s over 10 years!

I’ve been hearing other people say Girls and Panzer is good too, but I’m not a big fan of tanks so I’m not sure if I’d enjoy it as much. I might give it a chance like I did with Strike Witches if enough people convince me.

Whoa this issue sure has a lot of Nanoha stuff flooding back in, but then as it’s near Nanoha A’s movie’s BD release date it’s understandable. I gotta watch it along with 1st movie soon or later.

I watch Girls und Panzer only because I am into WWII tanks. The settings sure is strange, and I personally don’t care that much about the characters, but the anime subtly puts in a lot of WWII references here and there. The battles are actually quite entertaining to watch, as long as you don’t put too much thoughts into realism etc into mind as it’s a lighthearted series to watch.Q recently posted..Shuichi Ikeda in 2013 C3 in Hong Kong